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Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1929.27 (estate: 185)
Composición en cinco colores
1929
Oil on canvas
15 x 18 in. (38 x 46 cm)
Signed lower right: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower left: 29
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Manolita Piña de Torres-García, Montevideo
Galería Siete Siete, Caracas
Francisco Narváez, Caracas
Estate of Francisco Narváez
Christie's New York, May 18, 1992, Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures, lot 25, ill. p. 49.
Galería Uno, Caracas
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York
Galería Ruth Benzacar, Buenos Aires
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Exhibitions
1980 Galería Siete Siete
Galería Siete Siete, Caracas, Joaquín Torres-García, época de Paris, 1926-1932, May–June 1980, no. 10, ill.1986 Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Caracas, Pintura Panamericana 1915–1945, January–May 1986.1995a Cecilia de Torres, Ltd.
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd, New York, Joaquín Torres-García 1874-1949, Summer 1995, no. 7.1996 Galerie Zabriskie
Galerie Zabriskie, Paris, Le cercle de Torres-García, 1996, no. 26, ill.1996 Associated American Artists
Associated American Artists, New York, El espíritu de la pintura Latino Americana, October 24–November 30, 1996.1997 Ruth Benzacar Galería de Arte
Ruth Benzacar Galería de Arte, Buenos Aires, Torres-García y 10 Artistas del Taller, April 16–May 17, 1997.Published References
Fundación Espigas 2005
Ruth Benzacar. Buenos Aires: Fundación Espigas, 2005, ill. p. 252.Record last updated January 21, 2015. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: de Torres, Cecilia, Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti. "Composición en cinco colores, 1929 (1929.27)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=910 (accessed on April 21, 2025).